Finally! I finished up on chapter fifteen. Took me over a month to finish this. The reason why it took so long is that I've been busy on college and work in the house. But I was able to get some free time putting this chapter together and I got to tell you, it's real good. But since I got one review from T.v-aholic and 41 hits from the last chapter, I know people have been waiting patiently to see this one. Now, it's time to go to chapter fifteen of Nightfire's Origins. In this chapter, both Nightfire and Angel go on their first adventure. Will they pass this final test, or will they fail? See for yourselves.

Chapter Notes

There's going to be a part I got from the movie, Lethal Weapon 4. Trust me. When you read this you will know what I mean.

Titan's Age

Starfire-33
Cyborg-35
Raven-32
Beast Boy/Changeling-31
Terra-31
LM-35
Nightfire-14
Angel-13
Beast Girl-12
Terri-12

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans.

Chapter Fifteen: Nightfire's First Mission

A week later, Nightfire went back to being her old cheerful self. But deep inside, a different side of her is growing. Ever since hearing the news of her father's death from her mother, emotions of sadness, anger, confusion, and rage is slowly seeping into her heart. She was depressed at the fact her dad was gone from the very beginning, but at the same time, furious at the fact that he was killed, no, murdered by this Johnny Rancid character. And the more she thought about him, the more hatred she had against him. One day, she sneaked into the Titan Mainframe, a place she not allowed to go into until she becomes the leader of the Titans, and hacked into it, with the help of both Cyborg and LM when they taught her how to access the computer when she was nine, to search through the criminal records of all the villains the team faced a long time ago. When she saw the name, Johnny Rancid, she clicked on it and found out about this guy's history. It said that he injured her father, Robin, during a motorcycle chase, had two robotic dogs terrorize Jump City, participated in some kind of crazy race, joined forces with a terrorist group called The Brotherhood of Evil, and once ruled a reality he created. But the one record that caught her attention was the last one stating the murder of Timothy "Robin" Drake. Night's eyes boiled blue as she stared at Johnny's record. And as she can tell by the history he had against the Titans, she really wants to kill him, no matter what. Sadly however, she has no idea how to get back in time and prevent her father's death from happening. But she'll find a way in going there, someday. Two more years have past and two of the Titan kids were old enough to go on their first mission with their moms, dads, aunts, and uncles. As they said before, the original Titans want to start them off easy until they're ready to take on tougher opponents. And this little adventure begins right now.

Down the streets to downtown Jump City, both the T-Car and the old school Pontiac GTO raced down to the scene of the crime. In the T-Car, Cyborg was in the driver seat, as always, Starfire was in the front passenger seat, Beast Boy, A.K.A. Changeling was sitting at the right side in the back, and Nightfire was sitting on the left side. Cyborg was his old self of course, but had a few upgrades in his system so that he can beat any opponent that's tougher then him. Beast Boy has grown a little older and is acting more mature, but still he can make a lame joke or two just to bring back his old self. His outfit changed as well, going from his usual black/purple attire to a whit/purple type of design. Nightfire was the same as always with her beautiful face and jet-black ponytail hair, but her outfit looked like she was a hero in training, and that be so since this is her first time in real battle. She was wearing a black T-Shirt her size with the Titan's blue logo on the front, a pair of black leather pants, and black Nike Air Max Moto. She started wearing black ever since she heard the news of her father's death, and she thought that black is a good color for her. Starfire was still the same motherly self, but her hair has grown a little longer and it was up to her upper back. As the car driven down to the action, Starfire peered behind the seat watched her daughter looking through the back seat window.

Starfire: "Now Tori, I want you be ready when we get to our destination. I don't want to see you unprepared for a battle like this."

Nightfire looked at her mother and smiled.

Preteen Nightfire: "Don't worry about me mom. I never let my guard down during a fight. I train a lot remember?"

Star smiled at her and nodded for a yes.

Preteen Nightfire: "So, who's the villain Angel and I would be facing? Overload, Cardiac, The Puppet King?"

Starfire: "Actually, we're just taking out a few robbers holding up a bank."

Preteen Nightfire: "What? That's it? Just a bunch of robbers that have no powers? Humph… I was expecting more of a challenge."

Cyborg looked at Night with his review mirror on the car ceiling to explain something to her.

Cyborg: "Listen Night. I know you want to do some major ass whooping, but we have to start you off simple. So that way when we retire from being Titans, you and the other kids would take our place and take on any villain that wants to fight you."

Nightfire slumped on her chair and sighed at what Cy said.

Preteen Nightfire: "I guess you have a point."

Changeling then turned his head directly at Nightfire and joined in on the conversation.

Changeling: "Hey Tori, don't forget to use codenames for you and the family. The city doesn't know who we really are and we don't want to say our real names public because criminals would find out about this and find us quick."

Preteen Nightfire: "Yes Uncle Gar, you said that to me like a million times."

Changeling: "Well just want to let you know. Man it's going to be awesome for Angel and Night fighting along side with us. Though I'm kind of depressed that you won't let my kids join in on the fun."

Cyborg: "Now Garfeild, you know better that Beast Girl and Terri aren't old enough to fight outside the Tower yet. Just be glad that your wife is taking care of them while we're away. Give them a year or two and I'm sure that they'll be ready to kick some bad guy butt."

Changeling: "I know all that Vic, it's just that they're ready to take on anyone. I mean just the other day; Ashton surprised me out of nowhere when I was in the bathroom taking a shower. He used one of his powers to blast me with water and sent me surfing all over the hallway. Man, I didn't know he has the power to control water. I thought only Aqualad has that type of ability."

Preteen Nightfire: "Well look on the bright side Uncle Gar, at least you got yourself a long deserved shower."

Nightfire snickered while Changeling glared at her niece then looked back sighing.

Changeling: "And I thought I was the one with the bad jokes."

Meanwhile at the GTO, the dark couple was at the front with LM at the wheel and Raven sitting on the passenger seat. In the back seat, their daughter Angle was sitting comfortably in the middle. She was wearing a black T-Shirt that says, "I'm an Angel" in bloody red letters, a Tripp Red Plaid Mini Skirt, stylish pantyhose that went down her legs, and black combat boots. The only thing that's still the same is the spiky silver pigtail hair and the beautiful face underneath all the dark attire. LM has changed his appearance as well for the past ten years. He was wearing a black collar jacket that Neo wore before and underneath it was a black long-sleeve shirt with a bullet proof vest that S.W.A.T. teams use had the same weapons belt with two P229 Pistols, two Mac11s, two clips for each gun, four explosive grenades, two smoke grenades, and two flash bangs, a pair of long dress pants and combat boots. His face look more adult with his mustache and beard shaped to look like Stone Cold Steve Austin's look and was wearing Neo's signature sunglasses ever since he became a Titan. Raven still look the same as always with both a hero and a motherly touch at the same time. She looked at her beloved daughter and smiled.

Raven: "Now Angela, remember that this is your first real fight with us. I just want to let you know that no matter what; I want you to stay focus on the task at hand. Never let your guard down and don't let your anger get the best of you. Understand?"

Angel moved her eyes to her mother and gave a small smile almost identical to Raven's when she was young.

Preteen Angel: "Yes mother."

Raven: "Always remain calm and centered and never show your enemies your weakness."

LM listened to the whole thing and was bored out of his mind. So without turning his head away from the road he walked to his wife.

LM: "Sheesh Rae, do you always have to talk to her like that? This is just a simple bank robbery, it's not like the end of the world."

Raven: "Well she has to be ready for a battle, even if it is a small heist."

LM: "Yeah? Well you making it sound like she's going into the lion's den. Why don't you just tell her to have fun?"

Raven: "Because, she needs to learn some responsibility in being a super hero. It's not like some video game where you can restart when you die, this is the real world."

LM snickered at that remark.

LM: "Raven, I've been in a video game 24/7 that acts like the real world. Don't you forget that. What I don't get is that you won't let our daughter carry a gun in her first mission."

Raven: "She's too young to hold a fire arm and you know it."

LM: "Too young? The girl's only thirteen; I think she knows how to use a gun. Do you remember the time I gave her the Super Soaker 9,000 for her seventh birthday and she completely soaked all of us at point range? Or what about the time she was playing Police Trainer 5 when she was nine and she had a class AA on all the objectives? I tell ya, she's a real good shooter just like her old man. I believe she's ready for a weapon."

Raven gave it some thought then looked at her husband to make the decision.

Raven: "All right Luis, she gets to use gun. But she will get one when she's fifteen."

LM: "Fifteen? No way Rachel, that's too long and you know it. Why don't we let her use a gun when she's fourteen."

Raven: "And I say she will be using a weapon when she's fifteen and that's my final offer. If you don't agree with that, then you'll be in for a divorce."

LM sighed shook his head while keeping his eyes on the road. He hated his wife being the most dominant person in the family, but since she's more of a responsible and leading lady in his life he can't say no to any offer she gives him. And if he did say no, he has to take the consequences.

LM: "O.K., fine. She gets to use a weapon when she's fifteen. But don't think for a minute that she'll listen to you, being that she has most of my genes."

Raven: "I'm pretty sure she can handle it."

LM: "Heh… Yeah right…"

While the two lovebirds kept talking, Angel sighed in the back seat and slumped down a little, hating the fact that her mother and father bicker a lot to each other.

At the Bank of Pérez, the heist was tough on the inside. But on the outside, the crooks got nowhere to go. Surrounding the entrance was police cars and S.W.A.T. vehicles, and heavily armed police officers equipped with MP5 rifles and M-170 shotguns. The officers were holding position outside the bank waiting for either the crooks to come out quietly, which they won't, or wait for special back up to arrive at the scene.
Inside the bank, seven robbers were holding up the place, with many hostages on the floor and the vault door opened. There was also a big hole in the middle of the bank where they dig underground to reach the bank, making it easy for entering and exiting. Though you can't tell their appearances since they're wearing black masks, but they were carrying M-40 Pulse Pistols and AK47 Rifles. Two crooks were filling the bags with money, two more were keeping an eye on their hostages, two more inside the hole waiting for the others to finish up, another two was keeping watch on the bank's exit, incase the police did something stupid and barge right in, and the last crook that was the leader was surveying the scene with his feet on the reception desk. One of the crooks watching the innocent people was getting kind of bored looked at his partner for a conversation.

Robber 1: "Man this is bull shit. We should be outside shooting down pigs out there. Instead, we get to baby sit a bunch of scared assholes. I can't believe this!"

Robber 2: "Hey just be glad you're taking the easy way. If not, you would've been shot dead by now. Besides, those cops out there are the least of your problems. What you should really worry about are the vigilant heroes of Jump City, the Titans. Those guys can beat a rookie like you up. And you know what, one of the members use to be a bad guy."

Robber 1: "Really?"

Robber 2: "Yeah really. This guy can fire any weapon he gets his hands on and he has top skills of fighting. But what makes him really special is his powers."

Robber 1: "What kind?"

Robber 2: "Well for starters, he can stop flying bullets with one hand and can fly through the air like that Superman fella. Plus his punches are so hard that it knocks the toughest villains off their feet. If you ever meet up with this guy I'll give you my advice, just surrender yourself to the cops instead of starring face to face with Death himself."

The rookie crook shook fearfully at what his partner said and swallowed a lump as the leader of the pack looked at the guy and ordered him around.

The Gang Leader: "Enough Lance, you're scarring the rookie more then ever. Just let him do his business and you'll handle yours O.K.?"

The robber known as Lance looked at his leader.

Lance: "Sorry sir, I was just trying to give the kid a little adrenaline on his first job."

The Gang Leader: "That's quite fine by you, but don't scare the kid. He's still new to this whole thing."

Lance nodded, understanding what he said. The leader then looked at the two crooks placing the money into the piles of cloth bags.

The Gang Leader: "Hey! Are you two done with the clean up?"

One of them looked at the leader.

Robber 3: "We're almost done here sir, just need to store a few more thousand dollars in a bag and we're all done."

The Gang Leader: "Well don't make them too heavy. You know damn well that huge bags of money would slow us down enough that the police will find us."

He then directed his head to a hole they blew up earlier to get in the bank.

The Gang Leader: "Hey! Is our exit clear?"

Two more robbers popped out from the hole and looked at their leader.

Robber: 4: "Place is still clear boss. We're lucky the cops didn't find our secret passage from here to the bay side. Once we leave this place, we'll be sitting on the beach of the Bahamas sipping Margaritas."

The leader smiled and looked around the place, seeing all the people around him completely scarred and the vault almost empty of their life savings.

The Gang Leader: "Finally, after weeks of planning and digging, this heist is going to succeed. Nothing's going to stop us from reaching our goal, nothing!"

Indeed, everything is going according to plan, but there's something they forgotten, the city's favorite heroes has a way of surprising them, especially their kids. The rookie was looking at each hostage holding his AK47 rifle in his hands. Just then, he heard a thump in the closet behind him. He turned around when he heard that noise.

Robber 1: "The hell…"

The robber approached the door and slowly opened it, thinking that it could be a S.W.A.T. officer getting info. But when the closet opened up, there wasn't a guard, instead it was a little kid, with arms folded and wearing what appeared to be a heavy sweatshirt with a zipper and a hood covering his or her head. Looking a bit confused at what he's seeing now shook it off and then pointed his rifle at the kid.

Robber 1: "Hey! What are you doing in the closet? Trying to hide from us? Nice try kid but next time, try to be a little more quiet. Now out of the closet and join the rest of the group. Now!"

The kid in the sweater jacket walked out of the closet and joined the group of people who are kneeling and had their hands on their heads, completely scared out of their wits. The rookie crook closed the closet door and walked next to the kid, looking at the boss.

Robber 1: "Hey boss, we got ourselves here a hider, thinking she can be safe."

The leader looked at the rookie in awkward bewilderment.

The Gang Leader: "What? I thought you checked the place for anyone trying to get away."

Robber 1: "I did. Maybe this little guy tried to pull a fast one on us. What do you want me to do?"

The Gang Leader: "Just keep the kid quiet until we finish here. I trust this guy won't yap his mouth."

Robber 1: "Yes sir."

He turned around to look at the kid and point his rifle at him, or is it her?

Robber 1: "Alright little guy, you like to play games? Let's play a game called Simon Says. I'm the leader and when I say, "Simon says", you follow me instructions. Do you understand?"

The strange kid gave a simple nod for a yes.

Robber 1: "Good. Let us begin shall we. Simon says, get down to your knees."

The kid obeyed the command and down to his or her knees.

Robber 1: "Perfect. Now Simon says, put your hands in back of your head."

But the kid didn't listen. He or she kept his or her arms folded for the whole time.

Robber 1: "What are you deaf kid? Simon says put your hands in back of your head."

The person in the sweatshirt still wouldn't listen. This made the robber aggravated, so he went to his or her face and screamed.

Robber 1: "Damn it kid! I said put you hands on your GOD DAMN HEAD!"

After the third attempt, the kid did what the rookie said and started to remove his or her hands form the side. But when the robber looked at the hands, he found something really odd. The skin on the kid's hands weren't any color he ever saw, they were… orange. Curiously, he looked at the guy's face that was shadowed under the hood.

Robber 1: "Hey why are your hands so-"

But before he could finish the question. The eyes under the hood glowed bright blue, and then, without warning, he was hit in the face with a glowy blue uppercut. The rookie crook was sent flying to the other side of the bank and slammed hard right through the reception area, all surrounded in broken wood and shattered glass. The rest of the gang, including the leader looked at the fallen rookie then looked back at where he was flown. What they saw was the kid in the jacket with both eyes and hands glowing blue. They all immediately pointed their rifles and pistols straight at the stranger while the leader looked on in pure disbelief.

The Gang Leader: "What the hell are you? Some kind of freak?"

Suddenly, the glass ceiling opened burst open, letting shards rain to the floor. The gang looked up and saw Starfire flying down from the open hole with fists glowing green.

Starfire: "Who are you calling my daughter a freak?"

The Gang Leader: "Daughter?"

The leader looked at the stranger in the jacket as the person unzipped it and removes the sweater with force, laying it on the ground. Turns out that the mysterious person was none other then Nightfire, posing as a civilian. The leader was baffled as he did a double take at both the mother and daughter.

The Gang Leader: "What's is going on here?"

After he said that, some dark obsidian energy appeared from the floor of the entrance, forming a big black bird. The two crooks backed away from the entrance, not sure whether to shoot or run. When it all died down, out of the shadow came Cyborg, Raven, Angel, and Changeling in their battle stances.

Changeling: "Dude, it's called an ambush. You should've known that by now."

The leader looked at the whole team and went into a major panic as he yelled to his teammates.

The Gang Leader: "GOD DAMN IT, IT'S THE TITANS! BLOW THEIR HEADS OFF!"

Soon enough, all the gang members aimed their rifles and pistols at the team in many directions.

Cyborg: "Take cover!"

The team started scattering as the gang started firing just about everywhere the Titans are. Nightfire flew up in the air and joined her mother as they together flew within the bank and avoiding bullets and hiding behind two pillars in mid air. Changeling turned into a jaguar and hurried to the counter and jumped over it to hide. Cyborg was soon to follow as he leapt over the counter and joined his green comrade. Raven formed a bubble shield to protect her and her daughter from the flying bullets and joined their teammates behind the counter. Lucky for them, the counter's wood and windows were all bulletproof, so they all feel safe for the moment, but for the robbers, it's an all you can shoot frenzy. The Titans kept hiding and covering their heads while Changeling looked at Cyborg a bit confused.

Changeling: "O.K., is this part of your plan Cy? Cause I don't think this is working."

Cyborg: "Relax there BB, it's not our time yet. Once the plan is set, we'll take them down."

Starfire looked at the team and noticed that there's one person missing, besides Terra.

Starfire: "Where's LM?"

Cyborg looked at the Tamranean and smirked.

Cyborg: "You'll see."

At the other side of the counter the gang ceased firing and reloaded their weapons, not reverting their eyes away from the Titans at the other end. The leader of the Gang smiled.

The Gang Leader: "Huh… This is too easy. I thought the Titans are going to be a problem, now it looks like they're too scared to take us on."

Lance: "Hey, whatever happened to the blonde bimbo and the rebellious Titan they have?"

The Gang Leader: "Who cares. The less the team is, the more the destruction's going to be."

The thugs pointed their guns and waited for maybe one of the Titans to make a foolish move. Unaware to them that they were falling for a trap.

Outside of the bank, on a rooftop of a mid-rise building not far away from the investment complex, LM was holding his position with a 335G Sniper Rifle standing on the edge of the roof. He used the scope attached to the rifle to get a close up on the gang of robbers, seeing them all in plain view from the ceiling window. He couldn't help but smirk at the dumbfounded thugs down there.

LM: "Let's see. About almost ten men holding AK-47's and pulse pistols, bank robbery and hostages, cornering my friends and wife, thinking that they won. Just like old times."

He squeezed the trigger a little bit then pressed it fully to fire the first bullet. It flew straight into the bank through the broken half ceiling window and hit the back of the first robber. The crook screamed but there was no blood coming out of it. There was a precise hole through and black long sleeve sweater. The rest of the members look at the wounded person, including the leader, completely clueless.

The Gang Leader: "What the hell?"

Back on the rooftop, LM sighed at the one of the crooks he shot.

LM: "Bulletproof vests, should've guessed. Still I have to get their attention."

He quickly pulled that trigger and shot after shot hit each of the thugs in the square back of the bulletproof vests. The leader looked completely confused at what's going on, but when he looked up at the ceiling window he saw a figure on the rooftop on a building. His face turned to rage as he pointed at the figure.

The Gang Leader: "We got a sniper, take him out!"

The members slowly got up from the blind shot and opened fire on the sniper that was on the roof. LM focused, jumped and dodged every bullet. Even though they were flying from a far away distance, they were very fast. He immediately jumped off the edge of the roof, somersaulted, and landed on a lower roof feet first, creating a small crater around him.

LM: "Well that got their attention."

Safe from gunfire, LM ran to another rooftop and jumped to the other side to make it to the bank.

At the same time, the gang of robbers kept firing at LM with their backs turned at the Titans. Cyborg and the others watched behind the counter and realized that the crooks are caught off guard. With the only opportunity open, Cyborg gave them the two words that made famous from the very beginning.

Cyborg: "Titans, GO!"

They all jumped and flown over the counter and attacked the gang without hesitation. Starfire and Nightfire were the first to attack as they fired an array of blue and green star bolts. The crooks got startled from the attack but immediately ran for their lives. Two of the robbers got shot in the back and landed face first on the ground, completely paralyzed. Another robber ran to the left while Changeling chased after him in the form of a tiger. He then pounced on the crook before the robber turned around and pointed the pulse pistol at the green animal. BB landed on the crook with his front paws on the person's chest and snarled at him. The robber, on the other hand, was scared to death with beads of sweat dripping down his face. The next robber ran and took cover under a table. He started firing his AK-47 blindly, but he didn't get a good shot. Without a warning, a flying metal arm glided to the crook under the table and hit him in the face. Down for the count and on the ground, he opened his eyes and saw Cyborg, snapping the rifle in two with the one hand and grinned.

Cyborg: "You crooks never learn do ya?"

Two more thugs were backing away, blasting their M-40 pulse pistols at Raven. The Goth Titan formed a bubble shield to deflect the bullets. But what she's really doing is distracting them for what's coming up next. Behind the enemy's backs, a portal appeared but instead of black, it was pearly white. Out popped Angel and she torpedo kick the first crook on the small of his back. The second thug looked to his right and saw the girl with his feet on his partner's back.

Robber 5: "Damn you!"

The Gang member pointed his pistol at Raven's daughter and was going to open fire, but Angel knocked the gun off with a roundhouse kick. She then punched high, low, jab, and strike in every which way to make the member immobile. Then on one final sweep, she held her right hand up surrounded in a white aurora and pressed it on the guy's chest. Once that happened, the robber was sent flying backwards and crashed right through a counter desk. Angel smiled at her first real fight, but unknown to her that one more gang member was aiming his AK-47 rifle at the young girl. Raven saw it coming, so she phased through the floor, phased right out behind her daughter, and created a dome to protect her and her only child from the bullet fire. The robber kept firing at the dome, hoping that the dome would disintegrate. But what he didn't know is that above him where the half shattered ceiling window was is LM looking on at the battle and saw his family under seigh by one-armed man. Taking immediate action, he jumped through the ceiling window and landed right behind the man. The robber felt something from behind and turned around pointing the AK-47 at whatever's behind him. Quickly, LM sliced the rifle in half with a karate chop then tiger clawed him on his chin. He then went down and performed a spinning sweep to knock the crook off his feet. With him down for the moment, LM lift his right leg up and hit him in the head, knocking him unconscious. He jumped up Shawn Michael's style and look and the piece of scum he took out.

LM: "Never mess with my family asshole!"

He spat on his cold face and walked away from him, approaching his wife and kid. Angel quickly ran to his father and gave him a heart-warming hug.

Angel: "Daddy!"

LM was surprised from the sudden hug, but hugged her back like any father does.

LM: "Hey there my little Angel. I saw you fighting the bad guy, nice work."

Angel looked up at her father and smiled with her eyes gleaming brightly.

Angel: "Really?"

LM: "Oh yeah. The way you took them down was superb. Perfectly organized even. I think one day we should start teaching you how to use guns."

Angel: "Sweet!"

Raven: "Not sweet."

LM and Angel looked at where the voice was coming from and saw Raven walking to them.

Raven: "LM, you promised that Angel would get to use a gun when she's fifteen. Don't tell me you're breaking that promise."

LM felt nervous for a second and tried to get something out of his mouth, only to be talking gibberish.

LM: "Well I- You see- What I meant is- Oh crap I'm in trouble…"

Just before Raven could brutalize her husband, Cyborg came directly to them and reminds them that they're still in the middle of something.

Cyborg: "Uh… I hate to interrupt this family squabble, but we have a situation to take care off."

Cy pointed at the direction to where the gang leader was running to the big hole in the floor. As soon as the rest of the Titans joined in, LM pulled his modified P229 pistol with a laser targeting system installed. Once he pointed the laser at one of the running legs, he opened fire and hit the leg precisely. The leader went down on the ground, turned over, and held on to his wounded leg. It was then that the Titans gathered around the crook with LM pointing his pistol at him.

Cyborg: "Well, well, well… Trying to get money fast huh? You know there is something called an ATM. Ever heard of that?"

The gang leader looked at the hybrid scornfully while wincing from the pain.

The Gang Leader: "Why don't you cut that bull shit? Explain to me how that freak of a runt back there got in the closet without getting detected by my men?"

Nightfire knew who he's talking about and was about to pummel him when her mother held her arm out to the side, stopping her from getting there. It seems that the team was finished with their job but unaware to them, from the floor hole behind them. A person slowly came out of it looking at the fallen leader, most likely another member they forgot about. The leader looked at the guy coming out of the hole and quickly looked back at Cyborg before he gets suspicious.

Cyborg: "You should thank Raven. Since we all know the bank for a long time, Raven used her teleporting spells to send our Titan in Training here to the likely places your goons would look. And I got to tell ya; your boys fell for the oldest trick in the book. Now if you surrender quietly, we'll escort you to the police and there will be no harm coming to you."

The Gang Leader: "Wanna bet Tin Man? ERIC NOW!"

Cyborg: "Eric?"

The wounded leader pointed behind the hybrid as he and the rest of his teammates looked to see the person that came out of the hole a few seconds ago. This member was different from the others because instead of a hood, he was wearing a motorcycle helmet, his bullet proof vest was outside instead of inside, and was holding two different weapons in each hand. On the right hand was holding a standard UZI sub-machine gun, but on the left hand, he was carrying a flamethrower shaped like a rifle with a tube in back of it that connects to a tank of flammable liquid attached to his back. The team starred at the guy for a second when the metallic leader had one thing to say.

Cyborg: "Oh Hell NO!"

Eric first fired his UZI on the team and his leader but Raven formed a shield to protect them. He then used his flamethrower, spitting out flames and letting them hit the black shield. The flames were so intense that the shield was starting to crack. LM took desperate actions as he took out a flash bang, focused, and did a one hand cartwheel while throwing the armed weapon at the flame-throwing maniac. It exploded in a flash of bright light, blinding him temporarily. LM went back to his feet, and looked at his teammates.

LM: "C'mon, get behind something quick!"

The Titans nodded and ran to the nearest pillars away from the hostages and hid behind them. The gang member shook the spots off out his vision and saw his leader pointing at where the team was hiding.

The Gang Leader: "Don't just stand there like a retard, burn those super-powered bastards into bacon!"

The gangster looked at where the leader was pointing at and saw their shadows on the floor. He smiled under his helmet and turned up the volume on his I-Pod attached to his belt playing Busta Rhymes, "Fire". He slowly walked to the pillars with his flamethrower ready to bunrinate someone. The Titans were hiding behind the pillars, trying to think of a plan; of course that's when LM started to argue with Cyborg.

LM: "O.K. The cops didn't tell us that there's a homicidal maniac with a flamethrower!"

Cyborg: "Hey, don't look at me like it's my fault. Maybe the cops didn't know about this. Maybe he was standing watch on the other end of the hole and was checking to see what's taking so long."

LM: "Yeah, some deductions there Sherlock. Next time, scan the whole area first before we start fighting!"

Raven: "That's enough you two! We have to find a way to stop them and above all else, get the hostages out of here before they get frequsy."

Preteen Nightfire: "Maybe I can go in and take him out while you get these people out of harms way."

Starfire: "Uh-uh Tori. That guy is too dangerous for you."

Nightfire looked at her mother and pouted.

Preteen Nightfire: "You get to have all the fun."

LM: "Look, someone has to create a distraction while the rest of us rescue the hostages."

Starfire: "But who would be brave enough to create such a distraction?"

LM looked at each Titan member and looked at the last person next to him, Changeling. He smirked evilly as he had an idea popped into his head.

LM: "Hey Changeling, I want you to take off your clothes."

Everyone looked at LM with an awkward expression on their faces, including Changeling, who's both confused and shocked at the same time.

Changeling: "What!"

LM: "Listen BB, I know this seems disturbing, but you have to strip down to your underwear and start running around the place to get the maniac's attention."

Changeling: "Any reason why I need to run around with nothing but my boxers on?"

LM: "Because it distracted me last week when you were waiting for the laundry and walking around the place and it creeped me out in a big way. Sides, it's the only thing I can come up with as a good distraction."

Changeling: "C'mon, I can't do that. It's going to be embarrassing!"

Angel took a peek from behind the pillar and saw the criminal with the flamethrower walking close to them.

Preteen Angel: "He's getting closer!"

LM looked at what her daughter is seeing and saw the Eric slowly walking towards them. He turned his head directly to Changeling and gave him an order, even though he's not the leader.

LM: "Gar, you have two choices. Either run around with your underwear on and distract him, or get invited to the worlds biggest weenie roast in the sky?"

Changeling looked at Cyborg and he nodded in agreement. Gar hung his head down, sighed in defeat, and looked at LM with a scornful look on his face.

Changeling: "Fine I'll do it. But you owe me one when this is over."

LM: "I'll remember that. Now get undress and run out there like a wounded chicken!"

BB shook his head and then took off his uniform until he was standing in his red and white heart boxers. The team and their children chuckled a little, not loud enough to let the maniac to listen. Garfeild looked at his teammates with an odd look on his face.

Changeling: "What?"

LM: "Nothing. We didn't know they still have boxers like those around."

Changeling: "It's a fad dude, everyone does it. Besides, it's a style I'm into."

Cyborg: "Well that type of style is going to make you loose your wife and kids BB."

Changeling: "Hey, Terra sees me in these a few times and she has no problem with it. I don't want my kids to see it or they will freak out."

LM: "That or they would be fascinated by it. Now get out there and give this guy some attention! Oh and one more thing, you can't change into animals."

Changeling looked at LM and was shocked by the news.

Changeling: "What! How am I going to avoid what this guys blasting!"

LM: "Just three words, RUN LIKE HELL! GO! GO! GO!"

Gar felt and little hesitant for the moment but sucked it all up and ran out of his hiding place gave out attention to the gang member with the flame thrower."

Changeling: "Hey, looking for someone you helmet wearing freak! Come get me I'm right here!"

He did have Eric's attention but his reaction was a bit confused. He can't tell underneath his helmet but his first thought was, "WTF!" but the second thought was, "Cool, target practice." He pointed his UZI at the half naked changeling and started firing at him. Garfield couldn't do anything but ran as fast as he could and hide behind a few places. LM watched the whole thing and couldn't help but laugh his ass out. Starfire looked at him questionly at what is transpiring.

Starfire: "Let me guess, Garfield pulled a bad prank at you and you want to get your revenge?"

LM turned his head to see Star with a cocky smile.

LM: "Let's just say that the green jokester had it coming."

Cyborg rolled his eyes and rubbed his flesh part of his skull, couldn't help but amazed at LM's plan/prank of his own, then got serious for a moment.

Cyborg: "Now that we got the distraction set, it's time to get the hostages to safety. Let's move it team!"

The rest of the Titans left their hiding place and rescue the hostages. Nightfire and Angel were about to leave when Starfire turned around and stopped them there.

Starfire: "Not you two, you stay here and hide until we get back."

Preteen Nightfire: "But mooooom!"

Starfire: "No buts missy, stay here and don't do anything stupid. Besides, it's a simple rescue mission. What's the worse that can happen?"

She kissed her daughter on the forehead then joined the others while Nightfire leaned against the pillar and pouted. Back with the Titans, they headed to people they needed to help. Once they saw that they are O.K., Raven opened a portal from the Bank to the outside where it's safe.

Raven: "Everyone get in! It will send you out of the bank and into safety. Just don't get lost in there."

The hostages look at Raven curiously then nodded. They then got up and entered the portal, wounded first for ambulances to take them to the hospital. Meanwhile, the gang leader got up after the whole flaming experience and was limping to a nearby counter. Once he leaned on it he saw the Titans getting the hostages to safety.

Cyborg: "C'mon people don't crowd around, single line only. We'll get you out of here as soon as we could."

Once the leader saw what was happening, he turned his attention to one of his comrades who was having fun with the half naked changeling.

The Gang Leader: "Hey! The Titans letting the hostages get away. Burn them all to ash!"

But Eric wasn't listening; he was treating Changeling like a moving target from a carnival shooting area. He ran out of ammo from his UZI so he took the faster approach and blazed his flamethrower at the running green man.

Changeling: "Owe! Dude, those flames are hot!"

He jumped and ducked away from the flames in his human self. If he would've changed into any animal, he would've had a better shot. The Gang Leader looked at his teammate and sighed impatiently.

The Gang Leader: What are you deaf or is that helmet of yours blocking your hearing? GET THEM!"

But no matter how hard he tried, Eric kept on trying to cook BB. Feeling a little aggravated, the leader looked at the Titans that were getting the last of the hostages out of danger. He placed his hand behind his back and took out a M-11 "Scorpion" pistol out of his pants pocket. He held it up and aimed it at the first person he laid eyes on, Starfire. Back at the pillars, Nightfire and Angel were still hiding and waiting for their families to come. Night was tapping her back foot over and over, losing most of her patience.

Preteen Nightfire: "I can't believe this. Here we are on our first real mission and we're hiding while our parents are doing all the work. This is boring!"

Preteen Angel: "Relax will ya. Just be glad you're going to live on your first mission."

Preteen Nightfire: "Yeah, easy for you to say. Why can't they tell that we're ready for anything? I tell ya, grownups these days can really be a pain in the ass."

Angel decided to ignore her friend's drabbles and watch her family saving all the hostages. Everything seems to be fine so far, but that's when she spotted something not right. She saw the gang leader pointing a pistol someone, and that someone was Starfire.

Preteen Angel: "Oh no… Nightfire, take a look at this!"

Night looked at what Angel was seeing and her eyes almost bulged out when she saw the leading aiming his pistol at her mother from behind her back. Her face of shock turned into a face of anger as her eyes started to glow blue and her hands were radiating bright blue orbs.

Preteen Nightfire: "No way I'm letting him get away with it! I lost my father, I'm not going to loose my mother!"

She was about to leave her spot and charge at her target when Angel stopped her there.

Preteen Angle: "Wait! That's an M-11 "Scorpion" pistol. It's modified for military applications with an ammo case that can hold 18 bullets. It's launching capability it quite powerful, he will shoot you before you can take him down."

Night looked at her friend with a bunch of question marks around her head. On the other hand, Angel had her left hand rubbing the back of her head and had an anime sweat drop coming down the side of her head.

Preteen Angel: "Uh… My dad teaches me about weapons and how they work. Can't help it."

Preteen Nightfire: "O.K. brainiac, how am I going to stop him?"

Angel looked around and found a standard .380 a security guard was using when the Bank got attacked. Upon looking at it, she gave off a Cheshire smirk.

Angel: "Just leave it to me."

Back with the Titans, they are trying their best getting everyone out as fast as they could. They were just about finished when two more people were carrying a security guard that has been injured during the attack.

Hostage: "We got one that's seriously injured."

Starfire: "Just get him through the portal and take him to the nearest ambulance as fast as you can."

The two hostages nodded and entered the portal. Starfire was observing the whole thing, but right behind her the gang leader was aiming his pistol straight at her. With the other Titans distracted getting all the people to safety, they didn't notice him pointing the gun to the Tamaranean. The leader couldn't help but chuckle lowly.

The Gang Leader: "As the old saying goes, ladies first."

The leader slowly pushed the trigger and was about to fire. But without warning, there was a bang and a stray bullet from the right came out of nowhere and hit the pistol, knocking it off his hands. The leader felt the impact as he screamed in pain.

The Gang Leader: "OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW!"

The Titans took a sudden look at where the scream was coming from and saw the gang leader holding his hands together and saw the pistol he was holding now on the floor. They then looked to the right and saw Angel holding a smoking pistol of her own. Everyone was shocked to see her, especially her parents, LM and Raven.

Preteen Angel: "All right Night, now's your shot!"

Nightfire came out from the other pillar and rocketed to the dangerous leader with a blue streak trailing behind her. She was right in the crooks face, flipped over in mid flight, and kicked him right in the chin. She then landed on one in hand, in a handstand, while the leader was still in the air and kicked him right in the side. The impact sent him flying directly to the exit hole as he went straight in it. She flipped over, landed on her feet, and looked at the Titans with a warm smile on her face and a peace sign showing off. Her mother sighed, rolled her eyes over, and looked at her daughter sternly.

Starfire: "I thought I told you to stay put."

Preteen Nightfire: "Sorry mom, but the enemy was about to shoot you."

Starfire: "Whoa… Hold up, he was going to shoot me?"

Nightfire just nodded for a yes.

Preteen Nightfire: "If it haven't been for Angel and I, then I would've lost both a mother and father.

Starfire was about to protest when they all heard a familiar scream from a certain teammate.

Changeling: "HELP!"

Everyone looked and saw Eric holding a flamethrower and cornering a helpless Changeling.

LM: "Shit! Totally forgot about that guy."

He raised his pistol up and pointed it to the gang member's propane tank. Meanwhile, Changeling was trying to reason with the guy before he becomes a human barbeque.

Changeling: "Listen, why can't we be reasonable about this? I could tell you have issues, and I don't blame you for that. But you can't just let your anger out by burning me alive. If you're thinking of cooking and eating me, then that's a bad idea. I'm a vegetarian so I eat nothing but tofu based products. You're going to be shitting for weeks. Trust me, it's not a pretty site."

The gang member slowly lifted the flamethrower and aimed it at the half naked green man. Garfield had no other choice but to change into a turtle so that the shell would protect him from the flames. He did it just in time cause just as Eric was about to fire. A bullet hit the propane tank and it exploded on his back and he was sent flying into the wall. The impact implanted him into the wall with him unconscious and his back had a burned open hole. Changeling changed back to his human self and saw the new wall ornament. He then turned his attention to his friends and nieces and saw LM with a pistol in hand.

LM: "You're O.K. Gar?"

Changeling look was incredibly pissed as he stomped toward him and glaring daggers at the rebel Titan.

Changeling: "Am I O.K.? AM I O.K.? I've been chased around by a maniac with the Cook em' Up 500, been running around with my boxers on, and I couldn't change into animals while I'm doing all that! Does it look like I'm all right?"

LM couldn't help but giggled a little.

LM: "Uh… Yeah?"

BB head was pulsing an anime vain. But before Garfield could snap at any moment, Raven came in and separated the two.

Raven: "Uh… Before you two can butt heads, why don't we just get their leader before he escape."

Cyborg joined in.

Cyborg: "Rae's right. He could've gotten far since the tunnel underground is long. We have to stop him before it's too late."

Suddenly, there was a rumble on the ground, shaking a foundation off its feet. Everyone thought that it was an earthquake, but then the hole in the ground exploded and a column of earth rose up in the ground. On top of that column was two people, the first person was the unconscious gang leader, but holding him was-"

The Titans: "Terra?"

Yes it was Terra. Her outfit is just the same like when she started joining the team, but with a slight difference. Her brown pants were a little longer, she had a brown jacket with a T logo on the side to make her look a little cool, and highly advance goggles with the technology needed to pinpoint and lock criminals and enemies so she can use her powers to attack them. She tossed the crook to the team, letting Cyborg grab him, jumped off it, and landed in front of the team.

Terra: "I think you dropped something down there."

The team was completely speechless at what they saw until LM broke the silence.

LM: "Terra, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be taking care of Brenda and Ashton."

Terra: "I got bored, so I came here and took care of the rest. Can't let you guys have all the fun. And don't worry about the kids, I have a babysitter taking good care of them."

Cyborg: "A babysitter? Who?"

Terra: "Melvin."

Raven: "You mean one of the kids I was babysitting during the whole Brotherhood incident? But I thought that she's only a hero."

Terra: "I know, but since there isn't enough action for her team she's taking a second job to pay for their base. It's funny really cause she's learned her experiences from you a while back."

Terra then turned to Changeling and saw him with his heart-shaped boxers, then looked at his face with an awkward look.

Terra: "Uh… Hun, why are you wearing your boxers?"

Garfield looked down and forgot all about it. He yelped, covers himself up, and looked at her with a blushing red face.

Changeling: "I can explain everything."

Just as they were going to enjoy this moment, a voice boomed loudly and a sound of cocking was heard.

Robber 1: "Hold it right there!"

Everyone looked behind them and saw the rookie crook Nightfire took down while undercover holding his M-40 Pulse pistol. The truth is that he was hiding the whole time after the surprise attack and was waiting for the moment to strike. That, of course, was a stupid idea.

Robber 1: "I don't know how you did it, but you're not taking me alive. One false move and I'll blast you to pieces!"

Cy was about to arm his cannon when LM stopped him from activating it and whispering to him that he has it covered. Once he took one step, the robber fired frantically at the team. All LM did was lifting one hand and stopped all the bullets that were a few inches from his face. The rookie was about reload when his gun was levitated off his hands and glided to LM's hand. He looked at it for the moment and smirked.

LM: "Hmmm… Interesting weapon this is. Quite power to injure someone and not kill them, but effective nonetheless. Still, you should've used something different to take us down like a MA5B Assault Rifle, or a MP-10 SMG. But from where I'm from, we use different weapons suitable for killing."

While he was talking, he was slowly walking to the rookie, then starring at him with cold dark eyes.

LM: "Do you want to see what my world's like?"

The rookie couldn't help and sweat perfidiously. Without taking the chance, he left in a cloud of smoke and zipped through the exit where the police were, breaking the glass of the locked doors. LM looked at the trail of smoke and chuckled a bit.

LM: "Rookies…"

Five minutes later, the police came in and cleaned up the mess, arresting criminals that were gaining conscious and gathering evidence. The Titans and their kids were all sitting on a waiting bench relaxing after the battle they went through. Changeling was talking to Terra about what happened to him, Starfire was hugging her daughter, and LM and Raven were listening to what their daughter did.

Preteen Angel: "And with one quick move I grabbed the pistol on the floor, aim it precisely, and opened fire on his pistol. Man you should've seen it, I made it look good. Am I the best or am I the best?

LM: "Angel, you are better then best. You were fantastic. I always knew you are a sharp shooter just like your old man. As a matter of fact, I think we should start shooting practice as soon as we get back to the Tower."

Angel smiled at that thought and hugged her father gently. LM then looked at her wife and cocked his eyebrow up, still smiling.

LM: "So much for that age restriction rule, huh Rae."

Raven looked at her husband and starred at him coldly.

Raven: "Whatever. You two are going to drive me crazy."

LM snickered a little, knowing that she's right. Meanwhile, Cyborg was finish talking to the chief of police. Once they part ways, the hybrid approach his team and gives them the news.

LM: "Well Cy, what happened?"

Cyborg: "I talked to the chief of police and he said we did a great job taking care of the gang and all the money is secured. But he says that we're becoming too aggressive in our work and states that we have to be more careful on city property, LM."

LM: "What? That guy had it coming."

Victor shook his head then looked at Changeling.

Cyborg: "And Garfield. He also said that you have to put on your clothes cause you're becoming the laughing stock of the entire superhero population."

Gar's face turned completely red then looked at LM more sternly.

Changeling: "Dude, next time we go on a mission like this, you're so going to be the decoy."

LM looked at the green man and smirked.

LM: "Try me."

On the other side of the bench, Starfire and Nightfire let go of their hug and were talking to each other since this is their own mother to daughter bonding time.

Preteen Nightfire: "Mom, I'm sorry for disobeying you. I was just trying to help."

Starfire: "No need to apologize sweetie. What you did was truly heroic.

Night looked up to her mother with shining eyes.

Preteen Nightfire: "Really?"

Starfire: "Oh yes dear. Why if it hadn't been for you, then I would've been gone and you won't have a family. If your father were alive today he would've been so proud with you.

Tori's eyes faded when she heard the word, "father." She placed her head down and murmured in her soft voice.

Preteen Nightfire: "Yeah, my dad…"

She stood up from the bench and walked away from the team. Starfire looked at her somewhat confused.

Starfire: "Nightfire?"

Nightfire stopped and talked to her mother without turning around. But her mother can tell that she saw a tear coming down her daughter's face.

Preteen Nightfire: "I need sometime alone for a moment. I'll head back to the Tower when I'm done."

And just like that, Night lifted up in the air and right through the broken ceiling window, soaring over the city. Starfire was about to follow her but Cy let her sit back down.

Cyborg: "Leave her alone Kori. The girl needs to be by herself."

Star looked at the hybrid and nodded, then look back at the sky. For she knew that Night would be sad about what she told her two years ago.

On the roof of a church, everything was peaceful and quiet. But sitting next to a stone gargoyle was Nightfire with her arms hugging her folded legs. This has always been her private spot ever since her mother told the truth and she was getting use to being alone. After a long silence, she sighed.

Preteen Nightfire: "Mom's right. Maybe dad would've been proud at what I did, if he was alive. But since he's dead, I don't know if he will be proud of me or not."

She then looked up at the sky and talked to it like she's talking to her father.

Preteen Nightfire: "Oh dad, why did you leave me? Why did you leave mom? I wish you were alive. I miss you oh so much."

She let her head down and started sulking to herself. She knows that in her heart that her first day on a real mission was both of happiness and sorrow.

Finally, I'm all done with this chapter. Like I said before, took a month to finish with everything going on around me. But on the next chapter, it will be a whole lot shorter. Please Review.